A gaming system including a housing and a reel assembly supported by the housing, the reel assembly including a frame, a plurality of individually rotatable reels supported by the frame, and one or more supplemental image displays supported by the frame and associated with the rotatable reels.
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3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first lights of the first light arm and the second lights of the second light arm are positioned at transversely offset positions relative to each other.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first light arm transversely extends between the two rims of the reel.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the reel further comprises a second light arm transversely extending between the two rims of the reel, the second light arm comprising a plurality of selectively illuminable second lights configured to rotate in the first orbit such that the second lights co-act with the first lights to cause the player perceivable image to be displayed.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first lights of the first arm and the second lights of the second arm are positioned at transversely offset positions relative to each other.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first lights of the first light arm are positioned under a portion of a reel strip of the reel.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein a portion of the reel strip of the reel defines openings for the first lights of the first light arm.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first light arm is configured to only rotate when the reel rotates.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first reel comprises a third light arm comprising a plurality of selectively illuminable third lights.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first lights of the first light arm and the third lights of the third light arm of the first reel are positioned at transversely offset positions relative to each other.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein each of the light arms transversely extends between two rims of the reel.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein each of the light arms connects two spaced apart rims of the reel.
16. The method of claim 13, wherein the spaced apart portions of the reel strip of the reel defines openings for the lights of each of the light arms.
17. The method of claim 13, wherein the lights of a plurality of the light arms are positioned at transversely offset positions relative to each other.
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